Kochendorfer v. Metropolitan Property And Casualty Insurance Company

Filing 52

ORDER denying 51 Motion for Reconsideration ; Motions terminated: 51 MOTION for Reconsideration filed by Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company. Signed by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler.(GB)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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09 ROBERT KOCHENDORFER,
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Plaintiff,
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METROPOLITAN PROPERTY &
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CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Defendant.
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CASE NO. C11-1162-MAT

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION

Defendant filed a motion (Dkt. 51) seeking reconsideration of the Court’s Order

16 granting plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment (Dkt. 43). Having considered that
17 motion, the Court finds and rules as follows:
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Motions for reconsideration are disfavored. The court will ordinarily deny such
motions in the absence of a showing of manifest error in the prior ruling or a
showing of new facts or legal authority which could not have been brought to its
attention earlier with reasonable diligence.

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Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7:

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22 CR 7(h)(1). Here, defendant largely reiterates arguments it raised in response to plaintiff’s

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01 motion. Defendant also ignores significant aspects of the Court’s Order and belatedly sets
02 forth responsive arguments that could have been brought previously. The Court finds no
03 showing of either manifest error or new facts or legal authority which could not have been
04 brought to the Court’s attention earlier with reasonable diligence. Because the Court finds no
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DATED this 30th day of April, 2012.

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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to the parties.

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Mary Alice Theiler
United States Magistrate Judge

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